The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-04-13

per month and some over 200 back pay
- o.. s. Thayer has rented A. w.
Ferry's place for a term of years, and Will
lam Curtis has moved into the house. 80
j. w. Blanchard has rented Miss f. Jane
Wellington's farm. 80 Mrs. Louisa p.
Pike land grandson, Perley), who have been
spending the winter with her daughter,
Mrs. G. T. Palmer, has returned TO her
home in Newport, n. II. 60 Mrs. William
Densmore of Roxbury is in town visiting
her daughter, Mrs. Adams. 80 Mrs. John
Corlss is quite sick
BrookfieId.
EASTER was appropriately observed at
East Brookfield last Sunday. 80 Mrs.
Arthur Hubbard has moved to II. /. Sar-
gents Mr. Sargent is her father. 80
Wilbur Tucker is dangerously i'll with ty-
phoid pneumonia. 80 f.. G.. Sprague is
home from st. Johnsbury Academy on a
short vacation. 60 w. +. Reed lost two
yearling cattle last week by shed falling
in upon them
Chelsea.
THE annual meeting of the town superin-
tendents of Orange county was held here on
Tuesday of last week. The required per
cent for this years examinations was fixed
at seventy, no candidate to fall below fifty
per cent on any subject The date for the
spring examination was made the 30th
instant Superintendent G.. Il. Woodward,
Jr., of Brantree, Principal T.. w. GOodhue
of Wells River and Principal j. NJ. Com
stock of Chelsea were chosen as the examin-
ing board to grant county certificates.
- Your correspondent did not report
the annual school meetings last week. as he
was waiting to get full report. Following
will be found the name of the committee in
each district, the amount of tax and the
number of weeks of school voted No. /, II.
S. Fits, fifteen cents, twenty-four weeks
No. 2, DR.. S. n. Goss, twenty-five cents
No. 8, G. p. Abbott, sixty-ive cents Tor fifty
cents if paid before October 49,, twenty -four
weeks No. 4, f.. f.. Wallace, sixty cents,
twenty-four weeks No 8, William Robbins,
ten cents, twenty-four weeks; No. 6, II. f..
Mattoon, thirty cents Tor twenty-five cents
If paid by December 80, twenty-four weeks
No. I, G.. III. Hardy, twenty-five cents,
twenty-four weeks No. &, A. b. Carpenter,
twenty cents, thirty weeks; No. 9, II. S.
Annis, eighteen cents, twenty-four weeks
No. 10, William Laird, thirty cents, twenty
four weeks; No II, G. ID. Bates, thirty-five
cents, twenty-four weeks; No. II, G.. II.
Bacon, Aiken Edwards and A. II. Denison,
twenty cents, twenty-siX weeks No. -, A.
j. Little, twenty cents: No. 10, Steele Nc.
Allister, forty cents; No. 16, .. ID. Metcalf,
twenty-six cents, twenty-four weeks; No.
II, f. II. Tracy, ten cents, twenty-eight
weeks; No. IS, G.. b. Roberts, twelve cents
Nos. 2, IL and IS voted to continue the ar
rangement with Chelsea Academy for the
instruction of their scholars; No. 10 will also
provide for its scholars out of the district
but votes to repair its school-house. -
Scion G. Corwin has gone to Athol, Mass.
where he has obtained employment. -
Cornelius Pettis has moved into w. A
Aliens house. 80 II. f.. Day, painter
has come to town from Corinth and has
hung out his sign on Tarbell's block. -
Rev. j. e. Knapp breaches his farewell
sermon at the Methodist church next Sun
day, having completed his term of three
years. Everybody, of every shade of re.
ligious opinion, is sorry to lose Mr.. Knapp
He has commended himself to all as a
faithful, sincere and single-hearted preacher
of the gospel, and we believe has done great
good here. - Easter services were held
at the Methodist church on Sunday morn.
ing and at the Congregational church in the
evening. Five persons were baptized al
the Methodist church and five received into
full connection.
East COrinth.
EASTER services were held in the Congre.
gational church last Sabbath. - Henry
Kemp returned to his studies at the Univer
sity of Vermont last Monday. Oul
farmers have commenced tapping theil
sugar-places. - Charles l.. Kemp, who
attends school at st. Johnsbury, is spending
his vacation at home.
Newbury.
DOLLY WHITE died last week and wa.
buried Friday. She would have been one
hundred four years old if she had lived til
the 18th of next July. - DIR. DeVort
and family moved into town last week anC
are very pleasantly situated in their new
home. Every one is wishing them success
- The village district has voted to have
two departments. one for small scholars and
another for those more advanced. -
| Charley Thompson and family have gon,
West, 10 remain permanently. - Rev
n. W. Wilder is just closing very sue
cessful years labor with the Methodists
who are expecting his return by the mex
conference, which meets the DIST instant a
st. Johnsbury.
StrafIord.
ID. T. BANKEs has sold to Mrs. Charles f
| Douglass the Peter Bragg farm, and Georg,
II. Brown has bought the Wedge Hill plac,
of James NJ Soule. - James NJ. Soule
town representative, is very low with dis
| ease of the heart. - II. Lee Hatch ha
received an appointment as clerk in thu
United States railroad commission and goe
to Washington this week. - Fred
Hazelton has gone to Elgn, ILL.,, to worl
again in the watch factory. - Leckner
Udall & Co. have commenced mercantile
business in the II. C.. Hatch store.
Tunbridge.
Miss SUSAN CHENEY died Monday, pri
a. aged ninety-four. She had been YER
vigorous old lady and her carriage was a
erect as IndI Oh II SOlultT. y ldle ldll pTOU
ably fastened her death. She was highl
esteemed. - Edwin Francis Cushman
a native of this place, died in Merden, n. H
March 30, at the age of twenty-one years
His remains were brought to this place TO
interment. - The hotel has been opene
by George Jeffords. - Mrs. John MoS
ley is i'll. - James A. Whitney cam
home last Thursday evening. His wife
better. - Mrs. Bessie Starr telegraph
that she reached Tracy, Mimi, the mornn
of the 9th. Mrs. Kate Cushman ha
been much Frustrated since the burial of he
son Eddie, but is now better. She is stay
ing at Mrs. S. A. Cushman's. Pos
Whitney meets Saturday evening -
The Methodists are remodeling the interio
of their church building. A fe,
wagons appeared Monday. - There wa
very full attendance at the temperate
meeting last Friday evening. - Rev
AFRO b. Drew and family came last wee
and are now staying in their old home
- The drovers bought large numbe
of calves here last week.
West Fairlee.
MRS. CoMsToCK, mother of Mrs. Judg
Bean, was ninety years old last week. Sh
commenced married life when about twent
years old, at Post Mills, in the buildin
where her son, George Comstock, is now /
trade. She has lived on farm in hi
town, but for some years past has bee
with Mrs. Bean, where her husband die
. three years ago. She is remarkabl
bright, pleasant old lady, always Cheerful
and so glad to see her friends it is a plea
nre to call on her. She bushes herself wit
! knitting mostly Her eye-sight is not goo
and Oha 10 lama in pOuSauupupp q n brOl<p